More from the “science finding out what everybody knew already” section: magpies pass the mirror mark tests, which are taken to indicate that they recognize themselves (YouTube video). Previously, only mammals have passed the test. In Public Library of Science: Biology.

After rising for months, oil prices are now on the decline. SPIEGEL spoke with the head of the International Energy Agency about the future of oil prices, the growing importance of nuclear power and the quantity of oil left in the world. SPIEGEL: Mr. Tanaka, do you know what your organization predicted the price of […]

The band Marillion has been using p2p tactics for some time. The new album Happiness is the Road was mainly financed by the fans by pre-ordering the album in a special version: if one made the pre-order before March 2008 one’s name will be included in the album credits. Quite cool. Now they have a […]

2.8.: saattaapi olla jotakin raflaavampaakin: It would appear that the US President has been briefed by Phoenix scientists about the discovery of something more “provocative” than the discovery of water existing on the Martian surface. *** Ahh, scifistin sydäntä lämmittää tämä tieto Marsista: Nasa’s Phoenix lander spacecraft has for the first time identified water in […]